Are you one of many people who didn't mind when church was limited to live stream for a season?

Maybe you would only admit this to close friends or family members, but there were many who were

saying under their breath, I really don't mind this live streaming. And maybe they weren't even

saying it under their breath. There were lots of reasons. Some were saying it's less stressful,

there's less prep, you don't have to load all the kids in the car if you have to do that.

But regardless, there were quite a few people who got used to live stream as a way of going to church.

And when churches went exclusively live stream during the COVID pandemic, it was somewhat novel at first to be able to go

to church electronically. It had been there all along, in some cases, it had been there for years

in some ministries. But after decades of going to church in person, suddenly we were sitting in our

pajamas with pancakes and bacon and coffee in our Bibles.

Okay, maybe some of you only had coffee.

But still, it was something we weren't used to doing.

Something happened during that time of the nation shutting down.

It created the perfect environment for spiritual dryness.

Not everyone has had this experience, but if you found yourself

embracing the live stream over the in-person service so much that you didn't want to return,

there may actually be more going on than just the side effects of a pandemic. And it's not just about

church either.

Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor.

Francie is an author, teacher, and conference speaker. Sharing lessons from the Word of God is her passion.

Now, back to today's important study.

Seasons of spiritual dryness can happen to anyone. The pandemic is not the only thing that was going on in people's lives when it

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